Collaborative Quilt and Radial Design

First semester art students closed out the year with a collaborative quilt in the Gee's Bend quilting tradition and radial design inspired by the science and photography of William "Snowflake" Bentley. Students worked with tongue depressors and tempera paint to create an individual 'quilt' square which became part of the larger quilt design. After learning a variety of folds and cuts, students created radial designs by stacking a selection of their snowflakes, and cutting apart others to extend the radial design.